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Build Entrepreneur Credentials Early and Wisely

Startup Professionals Musings

Build a business plan early on. There is nothing like writing and pitching a business plan that makes you realize what you don’t know. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. Business networking is key. Pick an idea, any idea.

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Startup Business Investments Around The World

YoungUpstarts

At the time, most startups were from the internet’s dot com side of businesses, as the outlook was bullish then. Unfortunately, a number of them had an early exit from the business scene due to ineffective business plans and/or unsustained revenue for their investment. Professional Social Networking Sites.

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Most Great Entrepreneurs Don’t Drop Out of Harvard

Startup Professionals Musings

Build a business plan early on. There is nothing like writing and pitching a business plan that makes you realize what you don’t know. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. Business networking is key. Pick an idea, any idea.

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Get a Technical Degree But Entrepreneurial Spirit

Startup Professionals Musings

Build a business plan early on. There is nothing like writing and pitching a business plan that makes you realize what you don’t know. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. Business networking is key. Pick an idea, any idea.

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Build Entrepreneur Credentials Early and Wisely

Gust

Build a business plan early on. There is nothing like writing and pitching a business plan that makes you realize what you don’t know. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. Business networking is key. Pick an idea, any idea.

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From “Good Idea” to Funded Tech Startup: Building Hallspot

Up and Running

He is also the founder of Hallspot , a new social networking site exclusively for college students that has raised hundreds of thousands in seed money and will launch on September 27 at Thorne’s alma mater, where more than 6,000 students have pre-registered for the service.

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Why Kickstarter and crowdfunding can’t replace traditional investors

The Next Web

So why shouldn’t you skip traditional investors and take your business plan straight to the people? Are traditional investors really that great when you can leverage your social networks for cash? He quit his job to fulfill his orders and imagined starting a great new business from the seed money.